Bass Lesson — Intervals bass tabs

This tab illustrates intervals.intervals are the distance between two notes.intervals are important for several reasons:

1) they all have their own quality/function.2) they are used to build chords and scales.3) they are good for training your ears.4) they are great for writting riffs/songs.5) they cover all twelve tones in western music.

b = Flat# = Sharp8 = octave

We will use C as our root.*Any note can be a root which means every note has all these intervals*

Train your ear to recognize each of these intervals.It's a great exercise for your ears.

A very important thing to know is that some intervals have other names.they are:

b3 is also #2#4 is also b5 #5 is also b6b7 is also #6 (#6 is not very common)

what decides the name is the context of the chord or scale.example:

A diminished chord is: 1,b3,b5 not 1,#2,#4The reason for this is that all basic three note chords are based around:1, some kind of 3 and some kind of 5.using altered 2s and 4s and 6s makes it more confussing to understand.

It's also important to keep in mind that when looking at a scale,it's nice to have some kind of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7it's wierd to look at a scale like this:1,2,#2,4,5,6,#6 which is actually 1,2,b3,4,5,6,b7notice how having one of each number makes the scale easier to read.

C is just the example for the past two exercises.once you pick a note as a root,all the intervals fall into place.Let's use G as our root instead of C:

Also notice how the name of the interval is not dependent on the note name.

Example:

F# is not #7F# is 7

The reason for that is because 7 is always a "half step" down from the Octave.just because a note has a sharp or flat, doesn't mean the interval has a sharp or flat. a "half step" is one fret away.Let's look at intervals from how many "half steps" up they are from the root.